If you like music and have time on your hands, check out www.ujam.com It’s a web app which lets you sing or whistle a tune, then add accompaniment to it. This is similar in concept to Microsoft’s old Songsmith product, except it produces much better results. If you look on YouTube, you’ll find all sorts [...]
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uJam – lots of fun creating music
January 26, 2012
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For the last few years, I have been doing my annual pilgrimage to the gadgets gallery looking for a gadget that will take a URL of a webcam generated image, and will display it on my desktop, refreshing it on some schedule. You wouldn’t think this would be a difficult thing, would you? Every single [...]
Winter will soon be here. Time to think about snow!
November 2, 2011
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Well ok, not everybody in sunny Southern CA needs to think about snow. I happen to live in the mountains, and so it is a factor for me. I thought I’d share my recent thoughts & discoveries in this area as ski season approaches. Every year, we get “flatlanders” who drive up the hill woefully [...]
Lytro light field camera is now available
October 20, 2011
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I wrote a bit on the Lytro “light field” camera back in July. The first version of their nifty new camera technology is now available for purchase! Here is a neat article from ArsTechnica which describes a bit about how this technology works. At the moment, you’ll need a Macintosh computer to work with [...]
Pop-Chips bags
May 19, 2011
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What is this incredible material being used, for all things, to package potato chip-like crunchy snacks called “Pop Chips”? This is a flexible, but incredibly sturdy material. If you try to open a bag with your bare hands, you’ll likely as not be met with frustration, and if you do succeed, a bag full of [...]
HP Desktop – they fixed it!
May 17, 2011
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Remember a while back I was complaining about the brain-dead power button placement on HP Desktops? (they put it on top) Well, they fixed it!! The power button is now in a good location! Here's what the new line of desktop machines looks like:
The new $10 bill
March 10, 2011
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Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t like the new $10 bill. It’s orange-ish, and somewhat pink-ish, but not in an “intentional” looking way. No, this to me looks like a bill that went through the wash with some red shirts. It’s not a good design – it’s an accident. Ring up no sale on [...]
Keeping your passwords safe, but accessible – LastPass
February 24, 2011
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I have been using a freeware product called “password safe”, and it was OK, but using it at work and at home meant I had to keep two databases up to date, which was a pain. However, thanks to a tip from my friend Jeff, I just switched all my stuff (home and work) to [...]
Samsung Galaxy Tab – KIES PC Sync
February 2, 2011
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I’m playing with an evaluation unit of the Samsung Galaxy Tablet from T-Mobile, so I thought I’d post my observations & any useful info I dig up. Pricing on this gadget varies widely. T-Mobile has it for about $250. If you want to pay more, you can get it from AT&T for $520. Does that [...]
Powermat – a cool accessory for your phone
June 15, 2010
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Here’s a cool phone accessory I ran across: Powermat USA There are two classes of devices that can be used with this charger. Supported devices (iPhone, iPod, BlackBerry, etc) are provided with a replacement back cover which contains the wireless interface. All other devices have to use a small square interface with a mini-usb connector [...]
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